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Jeff Donnell
Jeff Donnell

Jeff Donnell

ActingBorn July 10, 1921Died April 11, 1988 (age 66)Windham, Maine, USA

Biography

Jean Marie "Jeff" Donnell (July 10, 1921 — April 11, 1988) was an American film and television actress. She grew up in South Windham, Maine. As a child, she adopted the nickname "Jeff" after the character in her favorite comic strip, Mutt and Jeff. Donnell graduated from Towson High School, Towson, Maryland, in 1938 and attended the Leland Powers School of Drama in Boston, Massachusetts. Later, she studied at the Yale School of Drama. She was signed to a contract by Columbia Pictures in 1942 and made her film debut in My Sister Eileen. She later had roles in some RKO films. She was not a major star, but she did have a lengthy film and television career in various supporting roles, including the role of Gidget's mother, "Dorothy Lawrence", opposite Carl Reiner in the 1961 movie Gidget Goes Hawaiian. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Donnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1979
Portrait of a Stripper

as Edith Sterling

Movie
1979
Rendezvous Hotel

as Mrs. Williams

Movie
1979Movie
1977
Spider-Man

as Aunt May Parker

Movie
1976
McNaughton's Daughter

as Mrs. Wilson

TV
1975
Matt Helm

as Ethel

TV
1974
Paper Moon

as Mrs. Carson

TV
1973
A Gift of Terror

as Mrs. Cummings

Movie
1973
Barnaby Jones

as Janet Gossett

TV
1973
Here We Go Again

as Aunt Patti

TV
1972TV
1972
The Bob Newhart Show

as Clara Hackler

TV
1972Movie
1972
Emergency!

as Katie

TV
1971TV
1971
Love Hate Love

as Mary Blunden

Movie
1970
The Partridge Family

as Mrs. Monahan

TV
1970Movie
1969
The Comic

as Nurse

Movie
1969
Love, American Style

as Mrs. Hutton

TV
1969
Love, American Style

as Mrs. Gellar

TV
1969
Medical Center

as Mrs. Hersey

TV
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Cleaning Woman

TV
1969TV
1968
Adam-12

as Mrs. James Nelson

TV
1967TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Rooming House Manager

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Mrs. Kraft

TV
1965TV
1964
Daniel Boone

as Varna Montgomery

TV
1964
The Addams Family

as Eleanor Digby

TV
1964
Bristle Face

as Mrs. Jarkey

Movie
1963
Gidget Goes to Rome

as Mrs. Lawrence

Movie
1963
The Iron Maiden

as Miriam Fisher

Movie
1961
Force of Impulse

as Louise Reese

Movie
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Evelyn Driscoll

TV
1961
Gidget Goes Hawaiian

as Dorothy Lawrence

Movie
1961
Mister Ed

as Martha Harper

TV
1960
Special for Women

as The Career Woman

TV
1957Movie
1957
Perry Mason

as Sylvia Dykes

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as Rose Carol

TV
1957Movie
1957
Destination 60,000

as Ruth Buckley

Movie
1957Movie
1956Movie
1956Movie
1954TV
1954
Climax!

as Kay Matheson

TV
1954TV
1954Movie
1954Movie
1953
Flight Nurse

as Lt. Ann Phillips

Movie
1953
So This Is Love

as Henrietta Van Dyke

Movie
1953
The Blue Gardenia

as Sally Ellis

Movie
1952
Omnibus

as Helen

TV
1952
Because You're Mine

as Patty Ware

Movie
1952
Cavalcade of America

as Ann Rutledge

TV
1952Movie
1952
Thief of Damascus

as Sheherazade

Movie
1952
The First Time

as Donna Gilbert

Movie
1951
Three Guys Named Mike

as Alice Raymend

Movie
1950Movie
1950
Redwood Forest Trail

as Julie Wescott

Movie
1950Movie
1950
Big Timber

as Sally

Movie
1950
Hoedown

as Vera Wright

Movie
1950
In a Lonely Place

as Sylvia Nicolai

Movie
1949
Easy Living

as Penny McCarr

Movie
1949
Post Office Investigator

as April Shaughnessy

Movie
1949
Outcasts of the Trail

as Vinnie White

Movie
1949
Stagecoach Kid

as Jessie Arnold

Movie
1949
Roughshod

as Elaine Wyatt

Movie
1947
Mr. District Attorney

as Miss Miller

Movie
1946
It's Great to Be Young

as Georgia Johnson

Movie
1946
Singing on the Trail

as Cindy Brown

Movie
1946
Cowboy Blues

as Susan Nelson

Movie
1946
The Unknown

as Nina Arnold

Movie
1946
That Texas Jamboree

as Jean Warren

Movie
1946
The Phantom Thief

as Anne Parks Duncan

Movie
1946
Night Editor

as Martha Cochrane

Movie
1946Movie
1946
Tars and Spars

as Peggy McDougal

Movie
1945
Song of the Prairie

as Penelope 'Penny' Stevens

Movie
1945
Over 21

as Jan Lupton

Movie
1945Movie
1945
The Power of the Whistler

as Frances 'Francie' Lane

Movie
1945
Eadie Was a Lady

as Pamela 'Pepper' Parker

Movie
1944
Carolina Blues

as Charlotte Barton

Movie
1944
Dancing in Manhattan

as Julie Connors

Movie
1944
3 Is a Family

as Hazel Whittaker

Movie
1944
She's a Soldier Too

as Mary Fleming (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Stars on Parade

as Mary Brooks

Movie
1944
Nine Girls

as "Butch" Hendricks

Movie
1943Movie
1943
Doughboys in Ireland

as Molly Callahan

Movie
1942
A Night to Remember

as Anne Carstairs

Movie
1942Movie
1942
My Sister Eileen

as Helen Loomis

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 10, 1921
Day of DeathApril 11, 1988
Place of BirthWindham, Maine, USA
Popularity0.6